The Best Way to Measure Sticky Ingredients More Accurately (and With Less Mess)

You know the situation: you're measuring honey, peanut butter, or molasses and it takes a whole lot of patience to get the thick stuff out of the jar into the measuring cup, and then again into the bowl.

Each time, a messy situation unfolds and you're never quite sure whether you got everything you needed out of the cup. So what if there was a better way?